Morning Coffee

It is pretty cool to uncover a 1920s Berlin cabaret. Does being overweight make you (scientifically) jollier (no, well, sometimes). Here is some cross-section anatomy for you. Letters from space! And now some 19th Century mathematical drawings of human consciousness.

We’ll be taking Thursday and Friday off this week, so we better link to 86 years of Thanksgiving Day Parade floats now. Midcentury architecture magazine covers (are great) Beware of Chinese space children. Has Curiosity found organic molecules? (Maybe!) Meanwhile,…

Sometimes you need to take a step back, breathe, and appreciate how awesome  the Kepler Telescope has been. Other times you just want to look at Mexican b-movie posters. We here at Morning Coffee endorse any and all book vending…

Ain’t no rule says a donkey can’t run for public office (yes there is). This week in terrifying facts: if you are 27 you have never experienced a colder than average month. Luckily we can counter that with our world…

The phrase “most distant galaxy ever” is a pretty good one. On the biodiversity of belly buttons. I hope you guys have been following this Denver UFO news (because it’s great). Important news item: people have been throwing stone-tipped spears…

Fun fact: robots did not help fight the Russian Revolution. They are however infiltrating the Chinese workforce. I am a proud endorser of any and all swing based art. A little university library porn for you. And now some 1930s…

Some holiday gift ideas for you (you’re welcome): a one man helicopter, or a Frank Lloyd Wright designed private island. Welcome to the world carnivorous harp sponge. Department of hella-charming-places-I-want-to-go: the Kovac Planetarium. Stanford is pretty sure people are getting…

Today in the future is now: Brazil plans on cloning endangered species. Are we sending people the moon again? Uh, maybe? Ready the dog space suits. Perhaps someone out there would like to read Faulkner on hockey? Nothing but secret…

The answer to all our problems is urine ! (PS. this is actually totally inspiring.) It turns out the suitcases left behind by people in insane asylums in the early 20th century are fascinating to see. Let us now look…

Another day another planet maybe hosting life. Afronauts is my favorite thing I’ve seen today. “ElectroPunk Pre-Dadaist illuminated signs.” This early 20th century anti-women’s suffrage children’s book is kind of mind blowing.

Don’t worry, the astronauts got to vote too. Great terrifying new dinosaur news you guys! On Space Time Foam is your most fun art installation of the week. The (bionic) future is now! The universe is getting too old for…

Dan is taking the day off but he’ll be back just as soon as he’s ready to write or read about anything that doesn’t have to do with politics (which is to say tomorrow).